{"id":4651,"date":"2022-02-05T17:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/05\/spotifys-attempt-to-play-the-facebook-game-over-joe-rogan-wont-wash-john-naughton\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T16:38:46","slug":"spotifys-attempt-to-play-the-facebook-game-over-joe-rogan-wont-wash-john-naughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/05\/spotifys-attempt-to-play-the-facebook-game-over-joe-rogan-wont-wash-john-naughton\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify\u2019s attempt to play the Facebook game over Joe Rogan won\u2019t wash | John Naughton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founder Daniel Ek\u2019s bid to make the anti-vaxxer controversy go away ignores the fact that it is paying the US comedian to appear on its service <\/p>\n

Two decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie<\/a> said something that was eerily prophetic. \u201cMusic itself,\u201d he observed, \u201cis going to become like running water or electricity.\u201d His point was that in 2002 we were still carrying our music in little bottles called iPods, just as Victorian travellers in India carried bottles of drinking water because you couldn\u2019t rely on their being a safe and sanitary public supply.<\/p>\n

Spool forward 20 years and Spotify<\/a>, the Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, is, in Bowie\u2019s terms, the global music authority, providing sanitised recorded music everywhere, on demand. At the moment, it has something like 406 million active monthly users, of whom more than 180 million pay for its \u201cpremium\u201d (advertising-free) service.<\/p>\n

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\nFounder Daniel Ek\u2019s bid to make the anti-vaxxer controversy go away ignores the fact that it is paying the US comedian to appear on its service
\nTwo decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie said something that was eerily prophetic. \u201cMusic itself,\u201d he observed, \u201cis going to become like running water or electricity.\u201d His point was that in 2002 we were still carrying our music in little bottles called iPods, just as Victorian travellers in India carried bottles of drinking water because you couldn\u2019t rely on their being a safe and sanitary public supply.
\nSpool forward 20 years and Spotify, the Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, is, in Bowie\u2019s terms, the global music authority, providing sanitised recorded music everywhere, on demand. At the moment, it has something like 406 million active monthly users, of whom more than 180 million pay for its \u201cpremium\u201d (advertising-free) service. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Founder Daniel Ek\u2019s bid to make the anti-vaxxer controversy go away ignores the fact that it is paying the US comedian to appear on its service Two decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie said something that was eerily prophetic. \u201cMusic itself,\u201d he observed, \u201cis going to become like running water or electricity.\u201d His …<\/p>\n

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